dissertio
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dissertĭo: ōnis, f. 2. dissero,
I destruction, abolition: cur exsecrabilis ista nobis solis velut dissertio juris humani est? Liv. 41, 24, 10 (dub., this not being the etym. sense of the word; al. dissaeptio, discerptio).—
II The explanation, solution, Hier. in Matt. 13, 13.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dissertĭō, ōnis, f. (dissero),
1 dissolution, séparation [opp. de consertio Harant, 1880, p. 228] : Liv. 41, 24, 10
2 c. dissertatio : Gell. 19, 12, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
dissertio, ōnis, f. (dissero), I) die allmähliche Auflösung, cur exsecrabilis ista nobis solis velut dissertio iuris humani est? Liv. 41, 24, 10 W. zw. – II) die Erörterung (der erörternde Vortrag), die Erklärung, Auslegung, Gell. 19, 12, 3. Hieron. in Matth. 13, 13 u. 14. Hieron. adv. Pelag. 3, 6. Fulg. myth. 1, 22: Plur., Interpr. Orig. in 1. Sam. hom. 1, 9.
